This video consists of interviews with Professor Biljana Stojkovic (an evolutionary biologist, university of Belgrade) and Professor Mirko Dordevic. These interviews about secularism in Serbia were conducted in summer of 2008 by Women in Black, Belgrade in Serbia. This is part of wider a series of video interviews with feminists on secularism, fundamentalism(s) and on women’s rights being compiled at siawi.org

Njoguâ€™s breakaway faction, the Renewed Universal Catholic Church, is Catholic in every way except in having optional celibacy for its priests. Its growth in Kenya is rooted in opposition to the practice of keeping secret families but reflects a growing worry among some Catholics that the celibacy requirement â€” to many a nonnegotiable tenet of the priesthood â€” creates a harmful culture of sexual secrecy.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday, April 19 appeared poised to expand religious rights and potentially narrow the separation of church and state after liberal and conservative justices alike signaled support for a church that was denied Missouri taxpayer funds for a playground project.

Jehovahâ€™s Witnesses has faced growing hostility from the state since President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia began his third term in 2012 and put the Orthodox Church at the center of his push to assert Russia as a great military and moral power. The 2002 law makes it illegal for any group, other than the Orthodox Church and other traditional religious institutions, to proclaim itself as offering a true path to religious or political salvation.